Yep, here it is; Chapter 21!!! YAY! Rejoice!!! listens for sounds of rejoicing. Somewhere a cricket chirps Ooooooooookaaaaay. Maybe later, then.
No own Charmed or Sailor Moon.
NOTE: If any of you are interested in helping me out, read the AN at the end of the chapter!
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Piper smiled as her sisters' weight hit her and sent her back to the floor. Her sisters fell with her but didn't seem to notice.
"We were so worried, Piper!" Paige said, her face buried in Piper's shoulder. "We didn't know what to do."
"Then Rei-chan said you needed Prue," Phoebe went on. "So Leo went and got her-"
"And here I am," Piper finished, her smile getting bigger. "Thanks, guys."
Paige sat up and wiped her eyes. "We love you, Piper. We would do anything for you."
Phoebe nodded and sat up as well, pulling Piper up with her. "Seeing you so terrified and sad all the time just wasn't you. We needed the real Piper back."
Piper's smile slowly faded and she looked down. "I'm sorry I put all of you through this."
Paige threw a concerned look at Phoebe and the two of them gathered Piper back in their arms.
"Oh, honey, it's okay," Phoebe said gently.
"Yeah, I bet I would have been worse," Paige said with a grin.
"And besides," Phoebe explained. "You've been a windigo, a fury, and even a warlock, so why not get a chance to be a normal human being having normal problems?"
Piper laughed then shook her head. "I don't know if I'd call them normal problems."
The three laughed until Piper looked up and locked eyes with Prue. "Prue," she whispered. "You came back."
The eldest Halliwell nodded and opened her arms. Piper ran into them, a smile covering her face.
"You needed me, Piper; more than usual."
Piper laughed through her tears of joy and pulled back from Prue. "Have you met Paige?"
Prue shook her head. "No. I came down with Leo then astral projected into your mind." She looked over Piper's shoulder and smiled. "So, Paige, we finally meet."
Paige nodded with a small, uncertain smile on her face. But the moment Prue opened her arms for a hug, the smile grew bigger and Paige happily hugged the sister she never knew.
Phoebe grinned and joined in on the hug and soon, even Leo was hugging everyone.
"Halliwell group hug!!!!" Paige yelled.
Everyone laughed and stepped back, savoring the moment of happiness.
But then Prue broke the silence with a sigh. "I hate to make the happiness leave but I gotta go."
"What?" All three younger sisters said in unison.
"The Elders didn't let her come down," Leo said.
"And I'm probably going to be in big trouble when I go back."
"But-"
Prue shook her head. "No buts, Piper. I really gotta go. But I'll get Leo to bring me back every once in a while."
"Wait, you aren't a whitelighter?" Paige asked in shock.
Prue threw her head back and gave a loud laugh. "Me? A whitelighter?!" She laughed even harder. "I put up such a fuss when I first died I think they actually thought about sending me back. I'm so much trouble Up There. I'm constantly asking about all of you, I'm sneaking into the Elders meetings, and I'm always trying to get back down here. I think They actually hate me."
The other three witches laughed and all hugged Prue again.
"You just have to promise that you'll be back," Phoebe said as they all stopped the hug.
"I promise," Prue answered as she hugged Piper and then Phoebe. Then she pulled Paige into her arms and whispered into her ear, "Maybe we can do something about us not growing up together." And then she stepped back to Leo and he orbed out, taking the eldest Halliwell with him.
Paige watched them leave with her eyebrows raised and that one sentence running through her head. 'Maybe we can do something about us not growing up together.' She glanced over at her sisters. They were quietly talking about when Prue could visit again and probably didn't hear what she said to Paige.
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"Minako?" Usagi asked quietly. "Is that you?"
Minako slowly nodded then closed her eyes and gave her head a small shake. "But I feel like I'm walking through a fog."
"Me, too," Rei said softly, her uniform slowly fading away and being replaced by her normal clothes.
Usagi jumped up and threw her arms around Minako, causing the other blonde to stumble back. But Minako quickly regained her balance and hugged Usagi back.
"Gomen, Usagi," Minako whispered into the other woman' hair.
Usagi stepped back and smiled. "You're back now, that's all that matters."
"I don't know, Usagi," Ami said, her computer still out but her uniform gone. She frantically pressed a few buttons on her Mercury computer and frowned. "Something still isn't right about us."
"What do you mean?" Mamoru asked as he put an arm around Usagi.
Ami didn't answer at first but after a few beeps she nodded. "Hai, it's just what I thought. We are still infected with something."
"But what?" Makoto asked.
Ami closed her computer and it disappeared into her subspace pocket. "Anger; and lots of it."
"Demo," Minako started.
"I know it's weird," Ami said softly. "But it's true. That is why the four of us," she pointed to herself and the other three inners. "Were so angry at each other. It clouded our judgment."
"So, what is it and how did we get it?" Rei asked.
"My guess is that demon that attacked us."
"Which one?" Makoto asked with a roll of her eyes. "We've been attacked so many times these past few days."
"The one that knocked us all down," Ami answered. "Remember, when Usagi got thrown back by his energy ball and then we all woke up on the ground?"
A light seemed to go on in all the senshis' heads and Minako nodded. "Hai, that was probably when it happened."
"So, now what?" Usagi asked softly. "We know what's wrong but how do we get rid of it?"
They all looked at each other. A soft giggle from inside Rei's room made them all look in that direction.
"The sisters," Usagi said slowly. "They may be able to help."
"But what about their own problems?" Makoto asked.
Another giggle from the room answered that question.
Minako nodded and looked over at Usagi. "We need to get this worked out," she said. "This anger we are feeling will not help us defeat Chaos and the Source."
"But why is the anger still present in our bodies when we've realized what's wrong with us?" Rei asked. "I mean, wouldn't realizing it be enough?"
"Not necessarily," Ami stated. "We may have realized that we are infected but the demon's magic can still make us extremely angry. And I can't think of a way we, as senshi, can get rid of it. It's like a poison, from what I gather. No matter how much we try to resist it, it will still affect us. I'd say our only hope is the sisters."
"Still," Makoto stated. "I hate to bother them."
"They are here to help," Usagi said with another glance at the room. "That's what they said."
"And we need their help," Makoto said.
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"What do you mean Piper is back!?!"
The cowering demon whimpered. "I am sorry, milord. But that is what I have been told."
"Idiot!" The Source screamed. "How can this be!!!??"
"Apparently, the eldest sister went back down to Earth."
"What!?"
The demon trembled in fear as the Source quickly stood up and started toward him.
"Prue came back to visit? How?"
"I know not, milord," the demon chocked out.
The Source snarled his anger and formed a fireball in his hand. "Only idiots like you don't know," he said before he threw the fireball at the wide eyed demon. With a scream the demon disappeared into a pile of ash.
The Source gave an angry sigh and sat back down. "I am surrounded by a bunch of damn idiots" He threw back the hood of his cloak and quickly stood back up. "Looks like I should be expecting company," he muttered as he walked out of the room and into his own private chambers. "And I can't wait to entertain them."
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"Maybe a spell?"
Piper raised an eyebrow as she looked over Ami's computer. "I don't know which one though."
"Is there anything in the Book about something like this?" Leo asked quietly.
"Phoebe's looking right now," Paige said, motioning over at her sister.
Phoebe was in the corner of the room, furiously flipping through the Book of Shadows for an answer to the problem.
"What if there's not a spell in there?" Usagi asked softly. "Will they be stuck with this anger forever?"
"We can write a spell," Piper said. "But that may take time."
"Why?" Minako asked, her breath coming in short gasps as she felt the anger start to rise. This whole situation was getting on her nerves. She just wanted to scream at each and every one of the people near her.
"We don't know what we're dealing with," Paige answered. "It could be magic or just some potion the demon threw on you."
"But we will try with everything we have," Piper said.
"Ah-ha!" Phoebe suddenly shouted. "I've got something!"
"What is it?" Piper asked as she and Paige rushed over to her.
"It's a spell to disinfect people."
"Really?" Paige asked. "We have something like that in the Book?"
Phoebe nodded and read out loud from the page. "To Disinfect a Body: Prepare the potion below and say the following spell.
Take this body
Make it clean
Erase all that remains unseen
Be it small or be it grand
Remove this infection;
Take it far from this land"
Piper raised an eyebrow. "That's kinda cheesy."
Paige giggled and nodded. "Hai, but it's better than what I would have come up with."
"All right!" Piper said with a clap of her hands. "I'll start on the potion. We need to get this done so we can kick some demon and youma ass!!!"
To be continued…
Author's Note: Okay, so I assume that everyone reading this is interested in helping me. So, here's what I need. I have an idea for the end of the story but I'm not sure what the reader's response will be. I don't want to do something that everyone will hate. I've already asked Rory Von Trapp but I need some other opinions. Not that I don't value her opinion but…well, I just want to make my readers happy.
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